Basically - useful AR hardware isn't here yet but what we do have allows us to play around and test ideas.
I'm interested in using VR in a similar way. i.e. build a copy of a real space in VR, ensure the alignment is correct and make sure any moveable objects are trackable. It's a hassle but once you've done this you've essentially got a prototype of what it will be like in future when AR glasses have a decent field of view, work in full lighting and allow you to subtract as well as add light to the scene.
I think this is more fun that the other options:
1. Hold a phone or tablet in front of you and imagine what it will be like when I can do that without holding a lump of metal and glass.
2. Squint through a Hololens or Magic Leap and try and ignore the current hardware limitations.
However - in either case it's all a dry run for some future hardware platform that we don't have yet.
I think its going to be selectively shared, with much unshared. The results for human interaction will be very annoying. The next time you see someone at the airport playing a game on their phone with the volume maxed, imagine them dancing around and waving their hands in the air. That will be AR.
FWIW, I spent nearly 6 years homeless. About a year after giving up my car, I threw out my glasses. I have no plans to ever wear glasses again.
He and I may be the only two not wearing them, but he won't be alone. If you want to claim "Close enough" I'm going to say you are moving the goal posts and using imprecise language.
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[ 4.3 ms ] story [ 34.8 ms ] threadI'm interested in using VR in a similar way. i.e. build a copy of a real space in VR, ensure the alignment is correct and make sure any moveable objects are trackable. It's a hassle but once you've done this you've essentially got a prototype of what it will be like in future when AR glasses have a decent field of view, work in full lighting and allow you to subtract as well as add light to the scene.
I think this is more fun that the other options:
1. Hold a phone or tablet in front of you and imagine what it will be like when I can do that without holding a lump of metal and glass.
2. Squint through a Hololens or Magic Leap and try and ignore the current hardware limitations.
However - in either case it's all a dry run for some future hardware platform that we don't have yet.
Kinda predicted by a neat anime called Dennou Coil [0]
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennō_Coil
Most of it will be implicitly-shared by corporations/government in the form of AR ads/aids etc. much like today.
This just won't happen.
I'd be happy to eat my hat in 10 years if it does, but I don't think I'll have to worry about that.
He and I may be the only two not wearing them, but he won't be alone. If you want to claim "Close enough" I'm going to say you are moving the goal posts and using imprecise language.
Using various photos of the same place, he makes a time scrubber that shows the older art that was on a wall.
Link: https://twitter.com/nathangitter/status/1020733723183124480?...